In a message dated 7/18/2008 11:18:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Wild Turkey Terror Reigns in Up-Island Rural Neighborhood By SAM BUNGEY (http://www.mvgazette.com/buy_photo.php?2278) While the bullet-riddled corpse of a feral turkey lies stiff in a Chilmark police freezer Why do the Chilmark police have a freezer big enough for a wild turkey?, a fuller picture of its violent past on Old Ridge Road and the surrounding neighborhood is emerging. Its future sounds a lot more...restrained. Last month the turkey, known to whom? as Tom, was shot at point blank range by a police officer the bastard! Was the turkey armed? I think not. after allegedly attacking a couple of what? at 27 Old Ridge Road. A resident Fuck him, too., claiming to have raised the turkey as his own, is then alleged to have assaulted the officer. At the time many on the Island regarded it as an isolated incident.Cockeyed optimists is what they are. Or were. But fresh allegations issued by a group of neighbors at a recent Chilmark selectmen’s meeting suggest Tom was head was this an elected or self-appointed position? I think we need to know, and the police need to investigate. Maybe Dept of Homeland Security, too. of a gang of violent turkeys roaming the neighborhood and terrorizing residents. “These turkeys don’t have boundaries,” said Stephanie daRosa, one of four residents of Shadbush Hollow, a dirt path Needless to say, the avian turkeys are not the only turkeys who don't have boundaries. Call a surveyor! Call the highway department....... Ralph **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>